Université de Fribourg

Living long and well: prospects for a personalized approach to the medicine of ageing

Fuellen G. ; Schofield P. ; Flatt Thomas ; Schulz R.-J. ; Boege F. ; Kraft K. ; Rimbach G. ; Ibrahim S. ; Tietz A. ; Schmidt C. ; Köhling R. ; Simm A.

In: Gerontology, 2016, vol. 62, no. 4, p. 409–416

Research into ageing and its underlying molecular basis enables us to develop and implement targeted interventions to ameliorate or cure its consequences. However, the efficacy of interventions often differs widely between individuals, suggesting that populations should be stratified or even individualized. Large-scale cohort studies in humans, similar systematic studies in model organisms as...